The Convento de la Purísima is located in the heart of the old town of Mazarrón, overlooking the main market square which formerly housed the Plaza de Abastos, marketplace.

It’s not clear when the cult of the Virgen de la Concepción began in Mazarrón, the first recorded evidence being a book written in 1756, published by Fray Ginés García which records the founding of a Cofradía under its title in 1549.

The book says that the existing hermitage was extended the year after this, which indicates that there was some sort of religious structure on the site before this date, although what form